Riel (1979)
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Roy Moore
Stars: Raymond Cloutier, Roger Blay, Lloyd Bochner
This movie aired on TV when I was 13 and it is 100% responsible for my lifelong love of history.
Quebec actor Raymond Cloutier does a great job of portraying Riel. I went to his gravesite in St. Boniface.
So embarrassed the one who play pm McDonald is Canadian but forget his name
@@evensenj5670 wasn't that the actor from the Sound of Music? He passed away a year or two ago.
Decent movie for it’s time. Needs a remake.
Thank you for sharing this movie. My husband is Metis of Canada. We just got married on June, 21st, 2020. Just learning more of the history of our Metis, First Nations and Inuit of our country. Luis Riel you are a Hero not only to Metis, First Nations and Inuit, but to all Canadians and many people's around the World. Your Spirit lives on. A proud wife of a Metis, husband.
Speak for yourself, Riel the traitor is no hero of mine.
Awwe. That's sweet of you. Maybe you'd like to read a book by a metis author, it is called "Half-Breed by Maria Campbell" its about what it was like growing up in rural Saskatchewan as a metis woman.
@@FortunaFortesJuvat how is he a traitor? I'm genuinely curious on how you drew your conclusion?
@@CourierSixMojaveExpress Um how about openly inciting a rebellion against Canada?
I'll pass on the book by a junkie with a sob story, and begging for money, Métis or not.
@@CourierSixMojaveExpress right, exonerate Riel and decapitate Macdonald
This is fantastic! I still show this to my class every year. I bought (what I thought was the second last VHS) of this movie and had two copies on DVD made - $50/bucks each to get it done and signing a bunch of legal docs to say it was not mine but no intention to copy and sell. THIS MOVIE IS EXCELLENT FOR GRADE 7 ALBERTA SOCIAL CURRICULUM! Thank you for posting this. Humbly yours, SGS
On aimerait l'avoir en français sur youtube !!! Au moins sous titré Merci Beaucoup
Every group of people needs a hero. He was not lame. He was just like all of the Metis/Mechif people that have put themselves out there to improve the conditions of all people, not just themselves, then and still yet today. He happened to be educated and in a better position than most to help his people. He did not lead people that did not want to be led. All natives, full and half alike, are painfully aware of poor government treatment. They never stood a chance but they should be remembered for their valor and bravery. The Metis are still here, and still fighting for recognition, and the rights of others, not only for other Metis, but for all indigenous peoples. In the end, Riel wins!!!
+Carollee Lavallie Thanks for your comment ! It helps to be educated ?
Hi Carollee, I am a 54 yo Metis, my last name is Fiddler. My father was from Prince Albert. My mother's last name was Chartrand, she was from The Pas. My grandmother's last name on my mother's side was St Goddard. My grandmother on my Father's side was Vermette, if I spelled that correctly. Anyway, just throwing that out there.:)
Death to all traitors
@@alphawizard9719 I am like five years late lol, but my histroy teacher said that because Riel studied law, he knew the laws and that they could form their own country, so he was able to help them and try to get their farms back by using the law because he knew what they could and could not do and I don't think all the Metis people spoke English back then (that's how they were kicked off their farms in the first place) so he was able to help with that as well. I think that's how it would've helped if he was educated!
@@thehistoadian go to bed.
Long live Riel's memory as 🇨🇦 first FREEDOM fighter !!!
Happy to see this posting. We watched this in Grade 9 Social Studies in 1980. I haven't seen it since, so I am looking forward to it.
Great movie they played it when I was elementary I think. Too young too appreciate it. They really need to do a remake. Great performances by the actors playing riel and dumont.
An movie opening with Captain James T Kirk HAS to be good.
This story deserves a Ken Burns treatment
Thanks for putting this up, but I wish there was better resolution. I remember watching this on the CBC when it first came out in '79, and I watch this copy at least once a year. While I know the film has some inaccuracies, it has an authentic 'feel' and spirit.
When this movie was broadcast on t.v., I was about 15 years old. Not too long after, we went to Winnipeg to visit my sister who lives there.
Some inaccuracies if anyone's interestd: The Soldiers uniforms are pretty inaccurate, they wouldn't of had brown leather cartridge belts on top of their white ones instead they would of had a white ammunition pouch on the right front and a cartridge box slung over the left shoulder on the right hip, the Artillery would of wore Dark Blue uniforms and not khaki, khaki was first worn officially by the Canadian Military in the 2nd Boer war. The Artillery would of been 9 Pounders the ones in the film are a earlier kind of cannon. The drill is the modern kind of drill, in the Northwest Rebellion they wouldn't of swung arms they would of kept them by their side. Various other inacuracies are through out the film but it's still nice to see the war portrayed in a movie.
Some inaccuracies? 1. Gabriel Dumont was at Upper Fort Garry for about 2 weeks and he was very young. He never took part in the Fort Garry events. 2. The Red River in the film is like a creek, (Elzear Goulet scene) being right next to the river, I swear I wouldn'T go swimming in it. Elzear was not shot. According to witnesses, he was stoned to death. 3. Father André is in Ottawa negociating the province of MB, it was L'Abbé Noël Ritchot who was the negociator. 4. Hillarious. Thomas Scott was not a land surveyor.
Thanks for your correction on some of the historical inaccuracies.
May I just modify one minor pet peeve in your English composition?
When conjugating a verb into conditional past ... please don’t express as “it could of”, or “would of “ -- replace your “of” with “have” ... thanks.
Believe me, you’ll have more credibility.
Didn’t Riel have a moustache?
@@oilersridersbluejaysyeah but the image we usually see of him is darkened so it looks a lot bushier that it actually was.
God damn this is a
well done passion project
i had to watch this for my school social studies class and I retained 0 information
Me too
Don’t fall asleep in class!
@@robertjacobs2188 you too, stay awake in class!
@@adriannemerasty6853 Well I dont need this anymore
I was shown this in my Social Studies class in Nova Scotia during the 1980s.
Mine too. About 1981, if memory serves.
@@raynus1160 I'm making a lesson plan to work at home during corona virus 2020 quarantine.
Mine to in Manitoba
Wish they could re-transfer this from the original film into HD, it's a pretty great telling.
+Miles Harbord That's really hard to do !
It's done all the time, this was an amazing work, the CBC spent a boat load of money on it, the actors did some pretty great work it would be nice if it could be transfered and used in schools, it's a pretty on the nose telling of what happened. It's history in itself, before this film it was widely felt that Riel was nothing but a trouble maker, this changed opinions on not just Riel, but the plight of the Metis.
My teacher made us watch this movie :/ Anyone from my school reading? xD
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We watched it too
no u
Long live Riel's memory as 🇨🇦 first FREEDOM fighter !!! From a proud CREE Metis !!!
I am PROUD to say that Louis Riel is my great great great grandfather! He so bravely fought for our people!
+Jessica Smith
all of louis riel's children died, sadly before a child beaing age. He has no direct decendants.
Well he does because Im one of them lol Ive looked into my family tree and family history
Cool
+Jessica Smith How ! That makes two of us ! What ! and a super-model too ?
That's so Cool! I wish I had a major historical figure for an ancestor
thanks for postiing this , i've been wanting to see this again , an oldie but a goodie
when I was in history class I remember him having a mustache in the first rebellion, and in the second he grew a beard. I think the actor just couldn't pull off the facial hair. oh well still a good movie.
I'm making a lesson plan about these events to send to the students who are quarantined fron corona virus.2020
Are you willing to share or collab?
Teach them about freedom and not communism and government tyranny.
After some brief establishing crowd coverage, the first close-up shot of the first human face we see in this film is...William Shatner! It's 1979 and he's back home, slumming it in Canadian cinema for a brief, but extremely distracting, cameo in the first shot of the film! When the camera pans off him, he continues to be heard in the background, braying continuously throughout the rest of the opening scene! After a few seconds the scene ends, and that's a wrap on Captain Kirk
That is just one of many cameo appearances by canadian actors.
Monette-Grant-Little shell descendant. Proud family history. Only recently found this movie.
Dave Thomas ( Doug McKenzie) was one of the solidiers😆
My favorite line..."Custer, who?"
1:47:27
it would be wonderful for "some one" to make another more accurate and exciting movie about RIEL. we dont do much to bring our HEROS TO LIFE for our kids. they know next to nothing about their own history but the all know u.s. history. What a shame..
Well said. I'm a 37 year old ontarian. Just finding out who this man is from independent research of sorts.
He started a conflict that caused death and destruction; some ‘hero’.
By heros I hope you mean the brave lads who serverd their country against Rebels who kidnapped and massacres settlers.
barbaranne boyer news flash... Dinos - when’s the last time you were in school? Update : we’ve upgraded the education standards in Canada so we’re teaching Canadian history since 1979 (when this movie came out) ... so there you go you’re just 40 years behind the times ... but that’s OK.
Meanwhile we must to keep those conservatives in check because those (bleeps) would love to the CBC & NFB cut, and have Canadian culture become Americanized ... so keep that in mind, & vote appropriately .. for those willing to maintain Canadian culture alive.
@@infinitecanadian The conflict and death didn't start with Riel but with the demise of the buffalo and the attempt to starve out a people who had lived here for 1000s of years all in the sake of financial gain.
I watched this as part of my 8th grade history class.
whoa, good film, definitely he was a great visionary!
MacDonald: where are you from?.
Dumont: Manitoba.
Louis riel is awesome. But damn this isn’t a movie that I want to be watching the night before my social studies test, like shit I’m gonna be up all night. All jokes aside, Louis Riel was a great man and I’m proud to learn about him, I also understand that other places have different opinions so... here in Alberta though, he’s a hero.
He was a murderous traitor, no hero at all. Inciting a rebellion against Canada is hardly heroic.
ha ha ! im an extra in this work of art
25:15 ...Louis Riel: I need paper, I need pens and... I need men!...
I need some food I'm hungry
saw this in class! awesome film
Merci, bon film
Honneur au peuple Métis! Chaleureusement, d'un frère Québécois!
Cecil Campbell. How did u determine you are a descendant of Louis Riel when his children all died very young?
Not all were young, though descendants do seem unlikely. www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/14776.What%20Happened%20tothe%20Children%20of%20Louis%20Riel%20-English%20Translation.pdf
Riel had brothers and sisters and so did his wife.
we share the same grandmother
Thanks ! Good Show !
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together
Captain Kirk and General Chang in the same film!
They were colleagues at Stratford Ontario for several years. I believe Shatner was Plummer's understudy for a production of Henry V...
I would like there to be some funding for this story to be remade ...with better historical accuracy and better modern techniques (say 4K high resolution), this movie is OK but it can be done so much better.
It may be best to approach Netflix because they are taking over seven giant Studios in Vancouver in long term.
Perhaps they will help? Seems they are interested in Canadian content.
We cannot rely on the government because every time the government changes ... to conservative ... the conservatives make drastic cuts, in their attempt to get rid of all the Canadian culture & favour American culture to dominate us like submissives.
The same old story. Corporation's controlling government and the military. Nothing has CHANGED.
+TheNorthman1957 - Yep !
... plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, non?
Im watching this for my courage project he's an awesome person
Blake Ursan Awesome at getting people killed.
"awesome person" didn't know you think kidnapping, murder, thieft etc made someone a good person, also forcing many people to "fight for his cause" by kidnapping their families and threatening them.
@@thehistoadian At last, someone who has sense!
@@thehistoadian I call BULLSHIT on your lies !!! I had ancestors in that war and none of your hateful propaganda is true ...nice try POS💩
This film/series has its shortcomings and is far too soft on Riel, but it's a very fine effort and the cast is phenomenal. Even small parts feature rising actors like August Schellenberg, Marcel Sabourin, Pierre Curzi, as well as established stars like Christopher Plummer, Arthur Hill and Jean-Louis Roux.
It is easy to sympathize with the poor Métis but hard to sympathize with Riel. Good movie!
I respectfully disagree,you only say that because their revolution failed.if they’d won history would’ve remembered Reil as a hero.
@@Alexander-Craig0530 History does remember Riel as a Canadian hero, especially in Quebec and Manitoba. I personally don't think very well of him but I'm in the minority with that opinion.
Very well directed movie
ty for the upload from a Franco-American.
i have a book that im reading now in school id rather watch it than read a big packet
when im watching i get the answers faster
Same lol
Handing a student a big packet of questions to learn from is such an insane way to teach history. It’s why the majority of students hate it
I like Canada. It's a hell of place.
J aimerais une traduction ou un sous titre en français sil vous plaît....
I first studied about louis riel in grad6 I thought he is the greatest person ever founder of manitoba fought for what he believed in he a real hero in Canada history
Manitoba was created a province to protect its self from people like Louis Riel...
J'ai joué un soldat anglais derrière les canons dans cet ostie de film là.J'étais entre 2 contrats en dessin animé et mon réfrigérateur était vide(mon estomac aussi). Au lieu de me mettre avec les métis, y m'ont mis une perruque blonde et avec les soldats têtes carrées. Y M'ont pas trop aimé et moé non plus. J'y suis pas retourné et ai trouvé un travail dans mon métier peu après. Vive la Liberté et Vive Louis Riel!
I was there as well - a third year law student. After one day on set I cancelled; my exams were more important.
Ça été tourné où?
kuekuatsheunin, tu m'as fait bien rire avec ton histoire, hahaha trop drôle. Vive la liberté.
Shut the heck up you frog and traitor
Thanks a bunch! Vi Va Le METIS!
Get out of this country traitor...
The Histoadian - Vive le Métis. Vive le indigènes Canadien! Go and get your daily anti depressive injection Histo.
@@fritzruttimann1517 The British built this Nation and the Metis tried to tear it down. Louis Riel was a murderer, thief, kidnapper and many other awful things. He and all his foolish followers diserved what they got, death.
@@thehistoadian - The British colonised Canada and the U.S.A. And cheated and killed the indigenous people without mercy.
The early French Migrants to North America acted and behaved far better and respected the First Nations far better then most of the British ever did. So, it resulted in one of the biggest blunders and land grabs of all times.
First Nation people in CAN just got CAN citzenship granted in the 1960's,
and in the U.S. in the 1930's. Which is a total lack of respecting minorities and treating them fair, honest and in an apropriate way.
Una posibilitá di srt?
my grandma told me i was related to this guy somehow lol wtf
Apparently lot of us are . LOL
@@BILLEE1 But not directly. Louis Riel was never a grandfather.
thats insane
Louis Riel is my 5th cousin!!!
I guess our ancestors worked together. In my teens I went to a family reunion and found out I'm related to Ambroise-Dydime Lepine.
The government is no different than then. We never had rights in the first place, but someday, it will happen, we will become once more strong.
Justin Trudeau destroyed this country born Canadians don't have rights anymore
Big myth about this it was only metis and indians involved when reality there were scots danes and other who believed in louie
The HBC never had title to Rupertsland
comment if ur school told you to watch this
i remember in grade 8 in 1993, when my class did a trial in history class about Lous Riel, we found him innocent but bc the teacher had veto power, she found him guilty
Yep! And that's how this great land of strong and free democracy works. @Spooker Red Menace you learned young the rules of this land, it forever been ingrained into your memory hey.
Smart teacher, can't say the same about the class though
We did the same in our class. He was found guilty by the entire class.
@@oilersridersbluejays ah interesting, i still think he was innocent , lol
Comment trouver la version française ?
Stève Dionne Peut-être à la boîte noire. Elle existe bien sûr puisque je l'ai vue au début des années 80.
No caranchoa
@@vincentlefebvre9255 J'en suis certain que la version française n'existe pas puisque ce son tous des acteurs qui ne parle pas les deux langues.
@@althepal9312 Elle existe puisque je l'ai déjà vue . Je me souviens très bien d'avoir entendu la voix de Raymond Cloutier qui interpretait Louis Riel .
@@vincentlefebvre9255 Je pensais à Plummer et Leslie Neilson. Peut-être ils font les voix sur-imposées. J'aimerai bien le montrer en français. Si par hasard....
epic gamer
A pity the resolution is so poor. Full screen, it is too pixelated to endure.
+Jude Irwin - Update your computer ?
+alpha wizard There's nothing wrong with my computer, mate. It's just a poorly done transfer.
Jude Irwin
It worked o.k. for me !
It's really hard to fix old movies !
It's an old movie chum
Why portray Sir John A. as so evil? Who ever directed/wrote this is sort of a simpleton
he was.....
@@justinfendelet8675 Why do you say that?
Does anyone know the metis status quo?
In 1982 the Metis became a recognized nation within the Canadian Constitution. All is not well but the Metis march on.
February 1-February 3, 2021
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Sickkk. I didn't think anyone would reply loll. idk I just saw someone else do it and I'm like why not lol
William Shatner at the very start.
40:56 in timeline -- Vatican sacrilege, prostrating yourself before another...
Resistances not "Rebellions".
A crime Canada did to Aboriginal and Metis people. I saw Louis Riel's portrait were on the wall with McDonald , in a village north of Saskatoon
Was it Batoche? Duck Lake?
Fitting words spoken by Riel in these times were living !!! Let's go TURDEAU
Where's his Moustache and Beard ?????
The pic was taken before the stache and beard.
I'm hungry
Sleeping on the ground no way grass crabs everywhete on you next day prairies dont keep heat the way forest lands do. They didnt sleep on buffalo skins for nothing
Hi joe
Anyone had to do note-taking?
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Hello
Shatner?!
Righteous Viking Leslie Nielson?! Christopher Plummer?! I'm surprised I've never heard of this film.
Christopher Plummer, Dave Thomas SCTV, Don Haron (Hee Haw), Leslie Neelson
Meet Bastion's grandfather 1:41:15
Same old universal problem; old, rich, white men in suits.
Riel deserves his fate. In fact, it was too good for the likes of him.
Says the hypocrite "Infinitecanadian" with (mostly) videos of the USA on his channel. Your opinion is worthless here.
@@TimD.Morand Since I am a Canadian, my opinion is not worthless at all. Canadians died in order to stop Riel's little rebellion.
infinitecanadian - Vive le Métis. Vive le indigènes Canadien!
@@fritzruttimann1517 Say what? I don't understand.
@@infinitecanadian what would you do if someone showed up on the land you lived on for generations and told you they own it now? IF you say nothing then you're just a coward, unlike Louis who fought for his people and their land.
ah well, he tried
You only live once boy
Hanging was to good for this beast, we did a good job know you can bark more?
+OLIVER CROMWELL My question is what beast?
The man who wanted to have his people saved?the man who stood up Canada Out manned and out gunned and almost one?
OLIVER CROMWELL Louis Riel was a hero that didn’t deserve anything that came to him. I personally think he is more of a hero than a lot of other historical figures
Oliver Cromwell spoken like a true blue Tory
you have no clue ...your just trying to ruffle feather is alll loius Riel fought for 2 nations FN and there cousins to protect a way of life and protect the culture of both....
@@alexmcivor3777 He deserved everything he got. That's what happens when you engage in rebellion against Queen and Country, especially when said country has a railway and artillery, and all you have are religious fanatics and horse thieves.
KKK
The actor portraying McDonald not very credible !!! Reminded me to much of 💩 P E TURDEAU !!!
Christopher Plummer. One of Canada's best. I don't doubt he could play Trudeau (Sr) also. Maybe not Harper tho. He was a bit too robotic
Louis Riel was lame
soooooooooooo bad
maxwell gosselbauer not
Juanito te pesco el oyo
No...he could walk